THE DIRTY SECRETS CLUB

Here's a new twist on the investigation of a homicide. Forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett is called upon to solve a series of double deaths, each a murder and a suicide. Beckett conducts psychological autopsies instead of cutting up bodies. She solves crimes by putting together the pieces of the victims' lives. The more she comes to understand about a victim, the more she’s able to get to the bottom of his or her death. Susan Ericksen gives Beckett a sometimes vibrant, sometimes self-deprecating personality. Ericksen performs Beckett as a confident investigator whose examinations of her own behavior reveal less self-esteem. Ericksen's male characters are credible but a bit overacted in terms of gender. A.L.H. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: OCT/NOV 08]